Attorney

William H. Tate

William H. Tate is a partner whose practice focuses on bankruptcy, commercial litigation, construction litigation, landlord/tenant law, insurance coverage of construction disputes and surety law. Mr. Tate is also a Rule 31 Listed Civil Mediator.

Mr. Tate is a 1979 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law where he was a member of the Tennessee Law Review. He served as a judicial law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, Ray L. Brock and was also a judicial clerk to Houston M. Goddard of the Tennessee Court of Appeals. He is the author of Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Liens, 45 Tenn. Law Rev. 741. Mr. Tate served on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Bar Association from 1997 to 1999 and as First Vice-President of the Nashville Bar Association in 1999. He is currently a Fellow and Trustee of the Nashville Bar Foundation. He is an AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell and is very proficient in the French language.

Mr. Tate has also had a long affiliation with Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in the following capacities:

     -Chairman, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Board 1997-1998

     -8 year Member of the Board of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

     -Member of the Executive Committee of the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Building Campaign

     -Member of the Board of Directors of the Canby Robinson Society of Vanderbilt Medical Center

Cases of interest:

Assurance Company of America v. Continental Development, 3:08-cv-0711
U.S.D.C. MD TN (Nashville), slip op. (June 8, 2009)

Maryland Casualty Company v. Overholt, No. 1-03-1070-T
U.S.D.C. WD TN (Jackson), slip op. (April 26, 2004)

Miele v. Zurich U.S., 98 S.W.3d 670 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002)

In re Thompson, 30 B.R. 165 (Bankr. Mid. Tenn. 1994)

E-mail: whtate@howardtatelaw.com